| 4 Things About Woodpeckers |
 | The real woodpeckers may not be able to put on performances like Woody the Woodpecker, but they still make a special group of birds nonetheless.
1. The closest relatives of the woodpeckers are the honeyguides. Out of 204 species of woodpeckers, only the two species of wrynecks (Jynx) do not drill and drum the wood.
The largest bird was the imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis), that inhabited pine and oak mountain ... [read more >>] |
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